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`Carepol' for JK Cops soon :Rajendra
7/6/2012 10:28:52 PM
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 6 : The Jammu and Kashmir Police is introducing a new health care scheme "carepol'' for its jawans and officers. Modalities for the scheme were discussed in a high level meeting held at PHQ here the other day under the chairmanship of Director General of Police (DGP), K. Rajendra Kumar.
Addressing the meeting, the DGP apprised the officers that in view of increasing manpower, need for a full-fledged health care scheme was felt to benefit police personnel and their families. He said that the scheme would operate under J&K Police Health Welfare Trust registered under Trust Act. All personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Organization would be covered under the new scheme.
Giving further details, Rajendra said that the aim to introduce the new scheme is to provide inpatient and outpatient medical care for notified ailments to the members of police parivar and their families. Initially corpus money would be generated by getting loan from the police parivar fund and all the members of the force would contribute at different rates on monthly basis towards the Trust. Cashless treatment would be provided to the members and their families in the network hospitals recognised by the state government under civil services, Medical Attendance-cum-Allowance Rules. He said that the benefit of the scheme could be extended to the widows and minor children of police personnel, died in harness. The Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters), Dr. S. P. Vaid, who has been instrumental in formulating the proposed scheme said that the scheme is operational in various police forces in the country and has proved effective to provide a financial support to its members and their families in arranging cost of treatment. During the meeting, he disclosed that after going through these schemes and making a countrywide survey, it was felt that the scheme could provide support to the personnel of JKP and their families. He said that the scheme is under debate and suggestions have been sought from different corners to make the scheme more beneficial and result oriented. He said that the proposed Trust would have 11 Trustees including a permanent Trustee. The Trust would function under the overall supervision of DGP, a permanent trustee and ex-officio chairman assisted by ADGP (Headquarter) as Ex-Officio and Vice Chairman of the Trust. AIG (Welfare) PHQ would be chairperson of the Trust and other trustees would be nominated for a term of two years.
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